Fugitive arrested in Milford for Maine assault awaits extradition

MILFORD - A man arrested in Milford this week who was wanted in Maine for sexual assault will remain in Massachusetts as he awaits extradition.

Luis Tenezaca-Gadnay, 32, of 11 Court St., Apt. 5, signed a waiver of extradition in Milford District Court Friday, which means Maine authorities must come next month to bring him back with them for court proceedings in that state.

Tenezaca-Gadnay, who is charged with being a fugitive from justice on a court warrant in Massachusetts and was held on $100,000 cash bail, faces charges of gross sexual assault in Portland, Maine.

Authorities there Thursday said only that police investigated Tenezaca-Gadnay’s connection to a 13-year-old last fall.

A grand jury indictment from that investigation spurred the warrant for his arrest, police said.

Tenezaca-Gadnay, who appeared in court Friday in shackles, also pleaded guilty to a disorderly person charge from a separate case in which he was arrested last month.

According to a police report, he was found urinating in a parking lot on Milford Street in Upton.

The charge, originally listed as indecent exposure, was amended during Friday's hearing.

On Wednesday, Milford police, the U.S. Marshal Service and the Massachusetts State Police Violent Fugitive Apprehension Team arrested Tenezaca-Gadnay on the fugitive charges at his Milford apartment.

Local authorities said they received word from other agencies that there was a fugitive at the address.

A criminal records check also revealed Tenezaca-Gadnay, an Ecuadorian immigrant, was placed on “expedited removal status” for deportation from the country since Nov. 30, 2013, Milford police said.

He is scheduled to return to court on Feb. 23.

Christopher Gavin can be reached at 508 634-7582 or cgavin@wickedlocal.com. Follow him on Twitter @c_gavinMDN